Flash vendor Super Talent is leading the pack again and has come up with a USB 3.0 thumb drive.
Its SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDRive comes in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities and works with current USB 2.0 ports, but obviously at USB 2.0 speed. Plug it into a proper USB 3.0 port and it transfers data much, much faster, at up to a …

Vaporware

So they send out a press release with a computer-rendering of a USB key, announcing that they'll move to USB3 eventually. (Well duh, all manufacturers will move to USB3 eventually). And you write an article as if this is news?

I mean, if they actually demo'd the product then that would be news. But this is just mindless PR.

@AC 1156

How does a December release date and something akin to hard data on transfer rates equate to vapourware?

You did read the article, right?

WRT the transfer rates, being limited by the source is quite right - but if you have a mutli-disk array, then a USB3 SSD drive would be handy for backing up media servers, or at least shuffling HD content around if your network isn't too hot.

Roll on USB3 being standard, I could do with a quicker way to image/build PCs without all that tedious mucking about with PXE servers.